PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           11 December 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001061200

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Karol A. Kennedy 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ronald E. Blakely 		Member	
	Mr. Thomas E. O’Shaughnessy		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests correction of his discharge document to show award of the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that he served as a crew chief on flight status and he did not receive his wings (correctly known as the Aircraft Crew Member Badge).  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge); and pages 1 and 3 of his DA Form 
20 (Enlisted Qualification Record).

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted on 21 July 1971 for airborne training.  He successfully completed basic and advanced individual training (AIT) and was transferred to Germany for duty as an aircraft maintenance apprentice.  He served in military occupational specialty (MOS) 67A (aircraft maintenance apprentice) and MOS 67Y (helicopter repairman) in Germany from 21 December 1971 through 18 January 1973.  On 20 January 1973, the applicant was honorably discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-200, due to unfulfilled enlistment commitment.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 does not show the Aircraft Crew Member Badge as an authorized award.

6.  The applicant’s records show that upon successful completion of AIT he was awarded MOS 67A (aircraft maintenance apprentice) effective 26 November 1971.  

7.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 (Military Awards) provides, in pertinent part, that the Aircraft Crew Member Badge may be permanently awarded for successful completion of formal AIT in career management field 67 MOS’s.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant successfully completed AIT and was awarded MOS 67A (aircraft maintenance apprentice).  Therefore, the applicant is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show award of the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was awarded the Aircraft Crew Member Badge.

BOARD VOTE:  

KAK___  REB_____  TEO_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Karol A. Kennedy_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001061200	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20011211	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0118	
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